The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-02
SUPPL ,EINEII'I'.
TEL HICHE TROUBLE.
Four White Men Shot Down by
Negroes in Terrebonne.
Resolutions Adopted by Meetings OF
Planters in flie Parishes OF st. mary
and LaFourche.
FRAYKLrs, L., Oct. 30, 1887.

"a
ord irterested in the successful cultivation
and manufacture of sug&r w&s held mere tO-
tlay for the purpose Of discussing ana taAllg
united action on the notices that have lately
been served on planters in the parishes OF
y,sfJurche, Terrcbonne, st. Mary, Iberia
and st. Martin, in relation to proposed
scale of wages. t..
DR.. Henry ]. Sanders was, by acclamation,
elected chairman, and John A. O'N4cN' Sec
Rotary. g.,
The chairman clearly explained the object
Of the meeting, and urged those present to
adhere TO the scale Of wages agreed to by
tbi. branch Of the Sugar Planters AssocIa-
ton. which il IL per day and 90 cents per
watch Of six hours at night.
Mr.. Daniel Thompson then handed to the |
secretary the following notice, which he SAID
had been served upon him, and was sample |
of the notice that had been served on sugar |
planters IL all OF the five parishes already |
named:
marshes of Latourche, yelrebonne. 81, |
Mary. Iberia and 81. Martin, to take effect
at 6 q. IN. tuesday, Nov. /, 1Ssa-si r.
board, and so cents for watch; watch money |
10 be pad Once week, and day money once
every two weeks. No pastoboard to be &C
cepted a5 compensation for labor.
Hon. D. Gallery, in an eloquent speech, re-
minded his hearers that the planters had VOL
unfairly adopted rate OF wages that was
conceded to be fats ,snd Just to both the
planter and laborer. lie strongly deprecated
any submission to the dictates Of those IRE
sponsibe men who now. come tor"ard ana
presumpsuorRly undertnke TO tell tne laDofef
he amount be shall work for, and the planter
the amount he must pay. He also called at
tenti0n to the fact that strike among agrl-
cultural laborers was a thing heretofore qil;
heard of and unthoaght OF III these United
Mr.. Il, s. Clarke moved that a committee
of six, Of which NJ. Gallery shall be chair
man, be appointed to draft resolutions 1X-
presaiye OF the sense OF this meeting. The
motion was unanimously, carried. and the
chairman am ointed on this committee: ID.
Caifery, J.. !. Clarke, J. NJ. Burgueres, y.
d. Berwick aud 7. }. Foster.
ing that Capt. John N. Pherr had authQir,
ze,l him to sly thai he, Capt. thaTlr! would ,.
faithfully ab!tie by whatever action this meet
ing wouid see fit TO take.
Hon. Murphy J. Foster made an earnest
and effective appeal for unity and CONCERT OF
action at this serious crisis, and sad he did
not believe the sugar Industry couid stahd
the exorbssnt demands OF the Belt-constl-
tuted mouthpicces If the plantation laborcrs
irresponsible demagogues, who seem TO
expec. blind and implicit obedience to their
netarious orders.
Mr.. G. q. Walker also eXborted The gentle
men present TO persist In ignoring these
mon who seek to oIfiuioUsly lnterlneddIe be-
tween employer and employe IN the sugar
parishes
The committee on resolutions returned to
the hall, and through ttheir, ehairlnsli' lion,
Don Caffery, offered the following:
Your committee beg leave 10 report as fol-
lows:
Whereas, the laborers OF the parish Of st.
Mary are entirely satisfied with the price
paid them for sugar-maklng wages and hhVe
no directly made any demand for higher
wegeR; and
Whereas, large number of planters have
been notified, through agents or repre-
sentatiyes of the knights of Labor, that
throughout the, pariz4hes OF LatoHrcha,
Ie1rebonne, ST. Mary, Iberia and st. Martin
the scale Of wages will be, on and after
Tuesday, 6 n. m, Nov. 1, 1881, ST 20 per
day and so cents per watch, without board;
and 81 per day and go cents per watch, With
board: and
Whereas, the price now paid to the labor
ers by the planters is as much as the bust
ness will warrant; therefore, be it
1. Res0tced, That the planters and employ
Crs of labor III the parish Of ST Mary Will NOT
recognize nor pay any heed or respect To the
demands OF any organization in respect 20
the wages they should pay their laborers, nor
the methods OF their payment.
2. That, tn. plsnters OF st. Mary hereby
to stand together in this emergency, and
under no circumstances to increase the
wages they now are paying.
8, That the strikers on any plantation
shall be ordered to leave, and s1ch steps wall
be taken as will insure the execution Of the
order.
4. That in the event of strike and other
labor is to be Introduced :Uch price will be
paid as the planters will. among themselves,
agree to. and uniformity, OF price is to be
arrived at, MS near as possible.
.. That we, each and every one, hereby
bind ourselves III case OF a strike to carefully
nole the strikers, a list of whom is to be sent
t. every other planter and under no circum-
stances to e,apoy q striker.
@. That VIC deny the right of any laborer
to violate his contract, and to demand moro
wages than those stipulated to be paid him
for srgar-msking. and we counsel him to
faithfully abide by contracts. for wages
which insure to him good living, while
doubtfully yielding the planter q profit, and
that sitter the planters have employed labor
ers during the whole cultivation Of the cop.
it i. .srantly unjust and illegal to demand
extorhonate wages to harvest the same.
Each of the foregoing resolutions was read
and discussed separately, and each was
unanimously adopted
On motion OF l.. s. Clarke, that the planters
present be requested to sign these resolutions,
the following, gentlemen walked up to the
secretarys table and signed them:
DR.. HENRY J. SANDERS, Chairman;
I. B. WILLIAMS,
j. N. PHARB,
MURPHY j. FOSTER,
For Self and as Agent:
EUGENE BODIN,
CHARLES c. PALFREy,
L. N. DUBRocA,
j.. CAFFEHY,
TuoMAs j. FOSTER,
j. D. CAPRoN,
T.. SCANNED,
G. s. PALM.
S. II. Gay,
BoAs t. Thomson,
JOSEPH BING,
II. @. RosF,
ID. X. CALDER,
DANIEL THOMPSON,
For Calumet Plantation, and also for Alice
Plantation;
A. SHORT
II. HABEBT,
WILLARD BOswoRTH,
j.. s. CLARKE j. Bro,
RIVERS IL BIDsTRUP,
n. X. Tom,
JAMES G. MAHoN,
I. lAGEMhNN,
J. NJ. BURGUIEREs,
{ D. +. QUEEN,
W. W. JOHNSON,
( MARsH Bros,
q. L. BERWICK,
V. SChwAEN,
W. 2. KEMpER,
Missed .BURdUIEREs, per Yiguerie:
HuRERT DEIHAYE,
j. 3. CHAFFE, for John Chaffe;
RoBERT Z. CocKE, for Lyon & Cooke;
W. II. Wills,
T. BELLfssElN,
GEO. v. WHITwoRTH,
G. G.. WALKER,
john b. MARSH,
Z. j.. GILLIs, for Andrew Price;
c. i. BESNINGS,
For Dts Ligne and Saule Plantations,
The secretary was requested to send copies
Of the resolutions to Col J. H. Oglesby aud
John Henderson,, Jr,, Of New Orleans, and
to the Messrs. Pecots, OF Indian Bend, in
order to obtain the Endorsement and co-ope-
ration of these gentlemen.
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